Farrah Fawcett Passes Away

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Of anal cancer! That sounds terrible. How does one get anal cancer? Is it like colon cancer that spreads, or is it like cervical cancer?

(PS, I'm at work, and Googling "anal cancer symptoms and causes" is not what I should be doing now.)

I have also been curious about this form of cancer.

I looked at the link provided in the original post. There have been quite a few losses due to cancer, mostly lung cancer, in Hollywood.

Isn't cancer considered the "#1 killer," in terms of diseases for the general population?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I have also been curious about this form of cancer.

I looked at the link provided in the original post. There have been quite a few losses due to cancer, mostly lung cancer, in Hollywood.

Isn't cancer considered the "#1 killer," in terms of diseases for the general population?

I could be wrong, but I thought I'd heard somewhere that heart disease is the current #1 killer, with cancer on pace to pass it in the next year or two.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I could be wrong, but I thought I'd heard somewhere that heart disease is the current #1 killer, with cancer on pace to pass it in the next year or two.

Thank you.

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Here's what the American Cancer Society has on anal cancer:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_1x.asp?dt=47

[epchick]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Isn't cancer considered the "#1 killer," in terms of diseases for the general population?

Heart Disease is the #1 killer of women.....not too sure about men though.


RIP Farrah